From: Giu1i0 Pri5c0 (g2002@prisco.info)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 23:03:09 MST
Examples similar to those that you give can be found for many religions, and
in particular for all variants of the Christian religion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noah Horton" <nhorton@ectropic.org>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: Can Extropianism and Islam coexist?
> So a discussion on tribalism has been raging recently and this brought to
> mind a question of whether Islam is intrinsically an anti-extropian force.
> If it is deemed to be such a force, a second question is whether that
> means that Extropians as a tribe should be actively combatting it.
>
> Obviously the at least perceived anti-western attitudes of many muslims
> are one place where anti-extropic themes can be found. Yet another that
> comes to mind is that there are bits in the Koran to the effect of, "Live
> your life as closely as possible to that of Muhammed." Such passages, per
> my understanding, are often interpreted literally to mean that your life
> should be as similar as possible, including things like not watching TV if
> Muhammed didn't. Those are just some starter examples to get the
> conversation started.
>
> -Noah Horton
>
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